The great one is among us!
Astraea or Astrea (Ancient Greek: Ἀστραῖα; “star-maiden”), in ancient Greek religion, was a daughter of Astraeus and Eos. She was the virgin goddess of Innocence and purity and is always associated...
View ArticleEnlil/Haya-Ninlil/Nisaba, Saturn/Janus-Ops, Cronus-Rhea, Njord-Njörun
Enlil – Ninlil Enlil (nlin) (EN = Lord + LÍL = Wind, “Lord (of the) Storm”) is the god of breath, wind, loft and breadth (height and distance). It was the name of a chief deity listed and written about...
View ArticleOmega
On the origin of the Aryans Omega (capital: Ω, lowercase: ω; Greek Ωμέγα) is the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet. In the Greek numeric system, it has a value of 800. The word literally...
View ArticleBehind the Nordic gods/goddesses
Odin/Odr In Germanic mythology, Odin (from Old Norse Óðinn) is a widely attested god. In Norse mythology, whence most surviving information about the god stems, Odin is associated with healing, death,...
View ArticleIn the beginning was chaos
Chaos In Greek mythology, Chaos, the primeval void, was the first thing which existed. The Greek word “chaos” (χάος), a neuter noun, means “yawning” or “gap”, but what, if anything, were located on...
View ArticleIn the beginning was chaos – ma (mama)
Chaos In Greek mythology, Chaos, the primeval void, was the first thing which existed. The Greek word “chaos” (χάος), a neuter noun, means “yawning” or “gap”, but what, if anything, were located on...
View ArticleOdin/Odr and Frigg/Freyja
Odin/Odr In Germanic mythology, Odin (from Old Norse Óðinn) is a widely attested god. In Norse mythology, whence most surviving information about the god stems, Odin is associated with healing, death,...
View ArticleThe chief deity
Dingir Dingir is a Sumerian cuneiform sign, most commonly the determinative for “deity” although it has related meanings as well. As a determinative, it is not pronounced, and is conventionally...
View ArticleThe war god
Ninurta-Nergal-Ares-Mars-Hercules Ninurta was a Sumerian and the Akkadian god of hunting and war. He was worshipped in Babylonia and Assyria and in Lagash he was identified with the city god Ningirsu,...
View ArticleThe theogony
Odin Four gods, Thor, Baldr, Viðarr and Váli, are explicitly identified as sons of Odin in the Eddic poems, in the skaldic poems, in Saxo Grammaticus’ Gesta Danorum, and in the Gylfaginning section of...
View ArticleApzu and the creation
Authentic Gatha Zoroastrianism Considered the master shaper of the world, god of wisdom and of all magic, Enki was characterized as the lord of the Abzu (Apsu in Akkadian), the freshwater sea or...
View ArticleThe seven rays
In Theosophy, it is believed the Seven Stars of the Pleiades transmit the spiritual energy of the Seven Rays from the Galactic Logos to the Seven Stars of the Great Bear, then to Sirius. From there is...
View ArticleDig into your unconsciousnes – the treasure trove
Istanu (Ištanu; from Hattic Estan, “Sun-god”) was the Hittite and Hattic god of the sun. In Luwian he was known as Tiwaz or Tijaz. He was a god of judgement, and was depicted bearing a winged sun on...
View ArticleA comparative analysis of the Sumerian and the Germanic pantheon
Enlil (EN = Lord + LÍL = Wind, “Lord (of the) Storm”) is the god of breath, wind, loft and breadth (height and distance). It was the name of a chief deity listed and written about in Mesopotamian clay...
View ArticleDyeus – Dingir
Dyēus (also *Dyēus phter, alternatively spelled dyēws) is believed to have been chief deity in the religious traditions of the prehistoric Proto-Indo-European societies. Part of a larger pantheon, he...
View ArticleThe Wild Hunt
The Wild Hunt The Wild Hunt is an ancient folk myth prevalent across Northern, Western and Central Europe. The fundamental premise in all instances is the same: a phantasmal, spectral group of...
View ArticleNASA sparks interest in enigmatic earthworks of Kazakhstan
Archaeologists call them the Nazca lines of Kazakhstan – hundreds of giant geoglyphs formed with earthen mounds and timber found stretched across the landscape in northern Kazakhstan. They are...
View ArticleEreshkigal and Gugalanna
Ereshkigal In Mesopotamian mythology, Ereshkigal (EREŠ.KI.GAL, lit. “Queen of the Great Earth”) was the goddess of Irkalla, the land of the dead or underworld. Sometimes her name is given as Irkalla,...
View ArticleThe Vanir – Venus
Haushos One of the most important goddesses of reconstructed Proto-Indo-European religion is the personification of dawn as a beautiful young woman. Her name is reconstructed as Hausōs (PIE *hewsṓs- or...
View ArticleDo God have any wife?
Astarte Worship of a “Queen of Heaven” (Hebrew: “Malkath haShamayim”) is recorded in the Book of Jeremiah, in the context of the Prophet condemning such religious worship as blasphemy and a violation...
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